Comparing Aquinas, And Paley's Natural Theology

Ultimately, Paley’s argument uses an inductive argument to suggest that all things with properties of intelligence and complexity must have an intelligent designer who designs them for a specific purpose.

In the Theological Argument William Paley is trying to prove that god exists. He uses the analogy of creation and design. He believes that because a watch has a maker/creator so does the universe. Paley then goes into depth of how complicated, precise and intelligent a human has to be in order to create the watch. He then explains all the steps and components it takes in order for the watch to be able to function. By doing so he is showing how precise the creator had to be in order for the watch to work and he uses this analogy for the universe. For instance, having the sun exactly where it is at the perfect distance in order to support human life on Earth. As the argument continues Paley starts to give reasons as to why people might consider

If the watch could somehow reproduce, Paley still would not question that the watch still had originated from some intelligent designer. Like the watch, he thinks the universe also works for a purpose. Paley proscribes design as foresight, which is connected with purpose, however, the purpose is not the same as the function. It is said to be

Supporters within the teleological arguement like to use Paley's watch arguement as justifaction for an intellgent design. However, there's a fault in this arguemtent. Paley's view and example of a watch show funtionlaity with all the pieces of the watch falling together from that of a man made object. Paley's view and that of supporters of the teleological argrumnet lack the complex nature of the Earth. A watch is a single mechansim that with careful design works to tell time. The Earth doesn't have these parts, it has adaptation and many more factors at play rather than a designers intent. David Hume's quote comparing the Earth to a plant is much more accurate on the way the world works. The Earth like a plant takes time to grow and it can easily be altered if the contitions are off to nurture the life it contains. There is no functionalty or purpose for Earth only that it exists. If a god created the Earth then they would of created a world that would be stable and perfect order. Instead we have a world that is a mixture of different ecosyetmes and possibilites for both creation and

He personifies nature as a human being by giving him the ability to hug and give warmth to others. He also says that people should have no worries in him because the beauty of nature is not the temporary happiness of sadness that life brings you, but the ability to breathe in air. The ability to stand up and walk. Nature has the ability to bring the best out of the worst. The narrator also says that people can truly see nature when they are isolated from society due to the fact that they can think take their time to analyze

Paley’s made his argument using an analogy to prove the existence of god, using a watchmaker analogy and to image if we found a watch on the ground and could it have been possible for the watch to simply appear randomly, spontaneously on its own. Paley was arguing that the teleology demonstrated by a watch would conclude that it was designed by an intelligent creator with a particular end in mind. While Aquinas has a design argument of his own ,the Teleological argument focuses on the condition that allows for life in the universe to only occur when certain fundamental physical constants are within a very narrow range if one of many fundamental constant are off slightly, then the universe would be unfit for the development of matter and life. Since these things are so finely tuned it appears an intelligent designer may have been involved in making sure these things happened so life could occur that designer Aquinas believes to be

The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution bans punishment that is cruel and unusual. Implicit in that ban is the principle of proportionality, meaning that punishment for crime should be graduated and proportioned to the offense. Punishments that are disproportionate have been deemed cruel and unusual. There is much debate about what these words mean. The debate seems to focus on whether the provision was intended only to govern modes of punishment or intended also to include a proportionality principle, prohibiting prison sentences disproportionate to the crime.

His second argument for design he makes a comparison between machines and humans saying that both are equally complex and it was built with a purpose in mind. If changes are made to the watch such as taking away an internal component that makes it runs, or the minute or hour hand, its purpose would suddenly change and it would no longer be a watch.

The philosopher Aquinas had a unique thought process on the way humans acquire knowledge. He believed that by being “born with a blank slate” humans could gain knowledge through experiences and other methods. Aquinas believed that the soul plays a major part in the inquiry of knowledge. Unlike philosophers of old he believed that the soul and body were intertwined. Working together to push the soul forward in its quest to gain knowledge in this life.

In the early 1900s after the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Serbia ran to its ally Russia, and Austria-Hungary ran to its ally Germany. Germany then struck first declaring war on Russia and France, Britain hesitated to join the chaos but was forced to after German forces slashed into innocent Belgium to get at France, therefore London declared war on Germany. Later Turkey joined Germany and Austria Hungary to form the Central Powers and Italy as well as Japan teamed up with Britain, France, and Russia to form the Allies. President WIlson tried his best to remain neutral and away from the war, however as both sides tried to tempt the US to join them and each side jeopardized

Firstly, Paley concentrates in the process leading to the creation of the watch. The process for creating a watch is very systematic and involves knowledge of mechanical engineering, a trade known to few men. Yet, it is not necessary to know the inner workings of the watch to use it on a daily basis: it is only necessary to understand the relationship between the position of the watch's hands to the sunrise and sunset of day. Paley concludes that even though he could not create a watch, some supreme being could create such watch. In other words, anything that shows evidence of creation has a creator and such creator exists or has existed at one point in time.

Emerson’s purpose in the essay “Nature” is to lay out and attempt to solve an abstract problem: that humans do

He emphasises on the presence of and an enveloping satisfaction through multi stimuli in nature; giving an example of a trek through a forest, and the feeling of being within the space of a clearing invoked by peripheral vision, complete with the crunching of leaves under the feet and sap smell that surrounds us through the trek.

Thomas Aquinas claims Christianity is a science with the use of the writings of Aristotle on scientific knowledge. Aquinas also makes the claim that theology, or the study God, is a science accepted through Revelation. Faith provides ammunition for Aquinas to state that believers of Christianity have the affirmation of God already inside of them. This claim considered that divine writings were inspired by God. Aquinas stated, "The principles of any science are either in themselves self-evident, are reducible to the knowledge of a higher science are the principles of sacred doctrine." Once these documents had God’s authority approved by faith, they became indemonstrable knowledge,

“Fahrenheit 451” written by Ray Bradbury is one of the most well-read anti-utopia of the modern times. The literary reality is the world where books are banned, talking is rare, and personal feelings are suspicious. The book tells the story how main character, Guy Montag, changes from fireman, who burns books, to the man who is ready to give his life to protect literature heritage.